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Making Mr. Right

A man with a good warranty is hard to find.

1987 · 1h 38m · PG-13 Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by Susan Seidelman

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Overview

A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all human emotion he is unable to program them into his android and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end she falls in love... but is the robot or the Dr. Mr Right?

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46%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Adds up to somewhat less than the sum of its parts, but the parts are often delightful, particularly when Ms. Seidelman keeps them moving at a sufficiently furious pace.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten

Screenwriters Floyd Byars and Laurie Frank's flapjack-flat characters meander through a slack plot that aims to address love between life-forms.

Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh

A smart, quick witted, wicked and genuinely funny movie.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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